MÖLLHAUSEN, mẽl'hou-zen, Balduin (1825—). A German traveler and novelist, born at Bonn. He studied agriculture in Pomerania, and spent several years in North America, traveling with Duke Paul of Württemberg (1851), and, at the instance of Humboldt, acting as draughtsman to a scientific expedition to the far West. After a second trip through the Western part of the United States, especially Colorado, he wrote Tagebuch einer Reise vom Mississippi nach denKusten der Südsee (1858) and Reisen in dieFelsengebirge Nordamerikas (1861). His many novels, mostly on American topics, include: DieHalbindianer (1861); Das Mormonenmädchen (1864; 3d ed. 1871); Das Monogramm (1874); Die beiden Yachten (1891); and Fegefeuer inFrappes Wigwam (1901).